The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-21
Its Introduction in the United
States Senate.
IRIS READ BY SENATOR CALI,
a ftsr Tilt with the Gentleman from
Vernon - Prohibition Confer
encc-Other News Notes.
FIJI rIETH CONGRESS-.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, u. c., December 20
Messag from the President were pre-
sente in reference to the invitation tt
this government to appointSdelegates tt
the International exposition of labor tt
be held at Barcelona, Spain, in April
1888 and in reference to the Invitation
from Her Britanic Majesty to this
government to participate in the in
ternatlonal exposition to be held in
Melb urne in 1888. The messages were
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
Numerous petitions from various
States were presented in favor Of Blair g
educational bill, and also petition
from citizens of Pennsylvania protest
ing against the admission of Utah as q
state.
Edmunds asked that the postal teIe-
graph bill introduced by him. be taken
from the table and referred TO the post
Office committee. The bill was so re-
TERED, as we'll as the bill on the same
subject introduced by Culiom.
The Senate has removed the injunC
ton of secrecy from the following nomi-
nations which were confirmed in secret
session on the Is inst: Charles s.
Fairchifd, to be Secretary Of the Treas
ury; George l.. ,Rives, to be assistant
Secretary of state Isaac H. Maynard,
to be assistant Secretary of the Treas
HrT; James W. Hyatt; to be United
States Treasurer; Dayles w. Hanna. to
be Minister to the Argentine Republic;
Alexander L. Lawton, to be Minis Ter to
Austria-Hungary; James F. Benedict,
OF Colorado, to be collector of internal
revenue for the District of Colorado.
The resolution offered by Call, yes
terday, to print in the. Congressional
Record the memorial of the Constitu-
tional Convention of Utah, was called
40 by that gentleman, who asked that
it be now adopted.
Edmunds preferred that the resolu,
ton be referred to the committee on
Territories, which now had jurisdiction
OF the subject.
Gall argued that it was due to accom-
1nunity. of 200 600 people to have its
views fairly presented. He und stood
that less than 3 per cent: of these people
were guilty of the practices, on the as
sumption of which the objection
of the Senator was based. He
would now read the memorial to
insure its publication in the Record,
and to show there was nothing objec-
tionahle in it. He thereupon read the
memorial.
Edmunds replied to Call with some
asperity.
At230 pm, after considerable dis.
cnssion. CAL Withdrew his resolution,
as be had attained its object in reading
the Utah memorial himself.
Blair then moved to take up his edu-
eational bill. and the motion was agreed
20.
without further action the Senate
proceeded to executive business.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Call,
Yesterday, to print in the Congressional
Record the memorial of the constitu-
tional convention of Utah, was called
uu by that gentleman, who asked that
1t be adopted.
Edmunds preferred that the resolu-
be referred to the committee on Terri
tories. St'.- F4
Call argued that it must be due to a
community of people to have their
views fairly presented. He understood
that less than per cent. of these peo-
pie were gritty of the practices on the
assumption of which the objection of
the Senator from Vermont was based.
He would now read the memorial to
insure its publication on record, and to
show there was nothing objectionable
in it. He thereupon read the memorial,
and said that the Senator from Vermont
knew there was nothing in it disrespect-
full 10 Congress, and no reason in right
or Justice why the Senate should refuse.
to hear the petitlJn OF 200 GOO American
citizens.
Eimuuds thanked the Senator from
Florida Cor his gratifying illusions TO
cd NOT NnAafinnoH
the sincerity of the Senator from
Florida, for he (CalD had stood behind
this poIygamist hierarchy every time
that ne had any interest to advance, or ,
any wholesome legislation TO resist.
He had done so with great deal Of
ability and considerable zeal. He could
give the Senator the prSise of being abso-
iuteiy sincere in standing by this
body OF persons through thick
and thin, and expected that the Senator
would continue to do so; and, If in
tine, Utah should become q State, and
the United States Constitution should
be changed SO that one person might be
q Senator from two States, he lad no
doubt the Senator from Florida would
be the first Senator whom the Mormon
hierarcby would select. He (Edmunds)
could produce and ask to have printed
III iAO 4AcSOIu SLShAHF1 bAAS
utter hypocrisy and CANNON of the
performance, and that 1t was
q mere trick to get out from
under the hands OF Congress, and from
under laws Of the United States. Every
body understood that, and ne ED
munds) did not propose to vote for
spending moneysin order to print in the
Record that sort of thing.
Call sad the Senator from Vermont
was not more sincere than correct in
his statement; that ne (CalI had stood
behind the Mormon hierarchy. Hehad
stood behind human rights, when tie
Senator with exquisite cruelty, sought
to punish innocent women and children
in Utsh, by legislation which he (Cali)
regards as unconstitutional, -unfeeling
and inham8n. The Senator had never
heard him edvocate corruption, and the
Senator had never heard him advocate
corrupt Judicial tribunals or packed ju-